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**The Album**
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Product Information for "Destiny - Jacksons (The)" »
Product details
Title
Destiny
Performer
Jacksons (The)
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Pop R&B
Release Date
07/1997
Original Release Year
1978
Label / Distributor
Epic / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Guest Artist(s)
Jackson Five
Engineer
Paul Granet; Don Murray
Producer
The Jacksons
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5099746887520
Catalogue Number
4688752
SPAR code
AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes
The Jacksons: Tito Jackson (vocals, guitar); Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson (vocals); Randy Jackson (percussion, background vocals). Additional personnel: Michael Sembello, Roland Bautista, Paul Jackson (guitar); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Nathan Watts, Gary King (bass); Rick Marotta (drums, percussion); Ricky Lawson, Ed Green (drums); Laudir DeOliveira, Claudio Slon, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion). Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Total Experience, Helders/Flimways, Record Plant and Dawnbreakers, Los Angeles, California. After DESTINY'S opening thumping baseline, funky guitar chords, and Michael Jackson's hiccuping "heeee-heee-heeee," there's only one sensible thing to do--blame it on the boogie. Or blame it on the Jacksons' 1978 platinum-selling album for being so damn good. The tenor of the times was finally right for the band, and everyone involved is on top form. With songs all written and produced by the Jacksons, the emphasis is on booty-shaking music with heart and real soul. Within a year Michael Jackson's OFF THE WALL album, on the charts for 52 weeks, would make him a force to be reckoned with. But on DESTINY, Michael's passion and desire is palpable, giving the album its real power and edge. Besides "Blame it on the Boogie," DESTINY also features the disco-combustible "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)." Just about all the songs here are superlative, with standouts including Michael's delicately displayed anguish on the tender "Push Me Away," and the surprisingly poignant soul-searching "Destiny" which presciently foretells the situation the boys were soon to face as Michael's popularity soared.
Album Reviews
Blender (Magazine) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The] high-def funk and sophisticated balladry proved the adult brothers were a force to be reckoned with."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Blame It On The Boogie
2.
Push Me Away
3.
Things I Do For You
4.
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
5.
Destiny
6.
Bless His Soul
7.
All Night Dancin'
8.
That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
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